Evaluation Question Seven

Evaluation question 7

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Evaluation Question Six

The image above is an image of me working on my product and also working on my blog. We used Apple Mac computers to do this work. On the Apple Macs, the main two softwares we used to produce this magazine was:

Adobe Photoshop 

and InDesign

I produced my front cover on Photoshop and I used InDesign for my contents page and double page spread. However for the final product I put my front cover into InDesign so it was easier to print off.

I also used other products for example Prezi.com was used in my planning so i was easier for me to make planning notes and show my research. I also used slideshare.net which helped me convert a powerpoint and enter it onto blogger.com which is where I have put all my notes that I have made and also to show progress I have made during the production of my magazine. Also in my evaluation I used Final Cut Pro and pixton.com to produce some of the evaluation answers.

I also used the studio to do my photoshoots in and above are images of me using the camera in the studio to take photos of my models for my magazine.

Evaluation Question Five

For my primary research I wrote a list of different stylistic ideas I want in my product to appeal well to my target audience. Below is a list of stylistic decisions I'll make for my project following my audience feedback:

• The cover should make people want to read the magazine and this could be done with intriguing sell lines or an interesting/eye catching model.
• My mast head should look more interesting and not plain like the one for 'Q' because most people found that plain was boring.
• Somehow link the contents page to the front cover, for example, by putting a smaller version of the mast head in the corner of the page or using the same font on the contents page as the cover.
• Maybe link everything back to the front cover so people know it's the same magazine for example adding a small icon of the mast head in the corner of each page including the contents and double page spread.

The product below is my finished product and I feel I have done majority of things on my list above. The feel I've made the sell lines on my cover quite intriguing as I have used key words like 'exclusive' and 'must see'. My mast head is quite big and eye catching and not really plain and boring like the 'Q' magazine one because it isn't just one letter in a box. I have definitely linked the pages together and given it a more consistent feel because of the fonts and the colour schemes. I have tried to link everything back to the front cover by using the colour scheme and fonts and on my double page spread there is a smaller version of the mast head in the top left hand corner.

I put some rough cuts of my product on my blog and then got feedback from my teachers on what to change. Below are the rough cuts before the feedback:

From the rough cuts the feedback I received was to change the colour scheme on my cover from red, white and black to purple, white and black (so it matches my model's skirt) but this meant the colour scheme for the whole magazine needed to be changed. I know purple is quite a feminine colour but it still appeals to most men too which is good because my target audience is both male and female. Also I was told to change the font of the mast head because it was too feminine. Although my target audience is predominantly female (60% - 40%) there will still be some males reading it so I changed it to a neutral font that appealed to both genders. 

I showed my final product to my peers and got some feedback on who they thought the target audience might be:

The questions I asked my peers were:

What draws your attention to the product?

What genre is it and how do you know?

What do you consider are the strengths of the product?

What social groups does it represent and how?

Would you purchase the product and why?

How would you improve the product?

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Evaluation Question Four

Who would be the audience for your media product?

I feel my product would attract an audience of 16 - 25 year olds. These 16 - 25 year olds would be in middle classes and they would enjoy what most 16 -25 year olds enjoy like going out and having a good time with their friends, high street clothing, mainstream music like R&B and social networking sites etc.

Evaluation Question Three

The comic above shows the four main steps to producing a magazine. 


The magazine distributor I think would distribute my magazine is Bauer Media. This is because they already distribute and publish three other music magazines but those magazines are a similar genre to each other and having a music magazine of a different genre like mine which is R&B, it could help them gain a different audience. My magazine could get Bauer Media a new audience of townies and mainstream teens and young adults. 


Because my audience is mainstream, advertising should be easy. Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter are very mainstream and very popular with the age group and the sort of people my magazine will attract therefore advertising on popular social networkings sites would definitely attract an audience.


As our generations and future generations are being brought up constantly using the internet, advertising as well as distribution needs to be put online. The magazine could be bought in a shop online instead of going out and buying them in a shop however I am not saying that they should not be distributed in shops as well. Most magazines these days have subscriptions online where once you subscribe, you get the new issue posted to your house instead of going out and buying it and I think this is the way I would like my magazine to be distributed too.

Evaluation Question Two

The video above is how I represent social groups in my media product

Evaluation Question One